Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1920 — ARMY IS PUSHING ATHLETICS [ARTICLE]

ARMY IS PUSHING ATHLETICS

Plans Being Drafted for Departmental Basketball League*—Other Sports Taken Up. The eastern department of the United States army is promoting athletics on a large scale. Plans are being drafted for departmental basketball league in which teams of each post and station will compete. Sectional winners will strive for mastery In championship meets. Boxing, wrestling and other sports will be conducted in a similar manner.